SM Respiratory Review

Smallest respiratory passageways in the lungs

• Alveoli

• Trachea

• Bronchioles

• Voice box

Breathing air out of lungs

• Inhalation

• Exhalation

Known as the wind pipe

• Bronchi

• Alveoli

• Trachea

The _____ divides into two main sections or branches from the Trachea.

• Alveoli

• Epiglottis

• Bronchi

Which respiratory structure is lined up with rings of cartilage to prevent is from collapsing?

• Bronchi

• Trachea

• Bronchules

Which of the two lungs is smaller, having only 2 lobes instead of 3, to make room for the heart?

• Left lung

• Right lung

_____ are the site where Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide exchange inside the lungs.

• Alveoli

• Trachea

• Bronchi

The muscle that contracts and relaxes to force air in or out of the lungs.

• Oral Cavity

• Diaphragm

• Nasal Cavity

• Epiglottis

Gas exchange involves higher concentrations of _______________ from the alveoli going into the blood to return to the heart and higher concentrations of ____________________ from the blood crossing the cellular membrane into the lungs to be exhaled.

• Oxygen, Carbon Dioxide

• Carbon Dioxide, Oxygen

• Energy, Water

• CO2, O2

Check each that is classified as an upper respiratory infection

• Pharyngitis

• Sinusitis

• Rhinitis

• Pneumonia

• All of the above